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w f ' VOL. LI, NO. 39 Siilfc iiCIHIB from |( __ Capital jL |! ft V^JiM) WASHINGTON, D. C. ? "Scarehoods" in the nation's press have blatantly proclaimed that, for the first time in history. America's public indebtedness, swollen to almost twice its 1933 level by President Roosevelt's sweeping program of reform, has juxpjfed ~ beyond the $40,000,000,000 mark ... in JF any man's language ' K an obligation of almost unbelievable j ?? I f proportions. Rcac i tionary politicians "view with alarm"; I...... commentators d e-. m plore a "fiscal sit-! UdLIUU WXIIV.u ?rj aui v I gf JHI to lead to inflation or national bankJim Ittvers ruptcy," and w e profess to know naught of high finance, just scratch our heads in Weary-eyed wonderment. STORIES WHICH RECORD the assets in Uncle Sam's financial statement are usually to be found way hack in the "classified," under headings far less conspicuous . . . but they, indeed, are straws of sunlight tto pierce the Stygian clouds. One of these items indicates that excess reserves in banks affiliated with, the 1 Federal Reserve system now total | $3,7IU.W0.tXH>?:li: ait-time iitgii ?anoi make pusigbtc a credit expansion of $30,000,000,000 under recognized ratios. Another item?inconspicuous as the former?tells of bank deposits passing an all-time high record. Still another reveals that foreclosures of farm mortgages dropped to 14 per thousand, as compared with 34 foreclosures per thousand in 1031 And among other items, ninny of which reflect a steady upward swing, is a | report of the Department of I-abor. that industrial payrolls arc on the climb again, and that the cost of liv- { ing is gradually being reduced. AtAYBE THESE ITEMS are not really ."news." We think differently. Even an elementary student knows tliat the "assets" and "liabilities" I must be catalogued, side by side, before one can actually arrive at a fail-1 determination of a nation's financial 1 condition. But there are still lots of j good newspaper men who by every- 1 day practice indicate a theory that "real news" can only be found or. the ledger's debit side! A LONG TIME AGO Bob Reynolds planted a kiss?fatherly or otherwise ?on the pretty lips of the late-lamented Jean Harlow. Men-folks generally, those of the red-blooded variety, were inclined to agree with North Carolina's junior senator that kissing the blonde cinema queen was to be considered an accomplishment ... in fact, some of the boy3 turned green with pure envy. But the tabloids made an awful stir about It, and there were a few of the genttry, particularly those not so young and active, who uttered harsh words against Asheville Robert in the 1938 nominating primary . . words of condemnation for that brief but probably pleasant "buss." : . TIME MARCHES On, and with it j the sedate membership of the upper house of congress. Movie actresses and college beauties regularly payvisits to the capitol. They come pre-1 pared to inflict or bestow a kiss on a | senator, a vice-president, or maybe' an ordinary representative?that's j the way it appears?and all for benefit of newspaper photographers. Nowadays, Washington journals carry "likenesses" of Jack Garner embrac ing a luscious Smith senior; Tom Connelly laying an ethusiastic lipmassage on the soft cheek of Dancer Eleanor Powell; of Bennett Champ Clark necking a Missouri contest winner . . . right on the capitol steps, scene of the "Reynolds sacrilige." Yes, they've about all been kissed, so it seems, but Carter Glass, Shirley Temple and Edna Mae Oliver. Senator Reynolds may or may not be successful in his efforts to bar the j alien and thoroughly revamp existing Immigration laws. Time must of necessity be the judge in this respect. But he certainly started a fast-moving program of . . . well, you might , call it "senator osculation." PONCE DE LEON and a band of adventurous Spaniards once landed (Continued on page four) ^ATAX An Independent 1 BOONE, \V ESSAY CONTEST 1 WINNERS GIVEN! Much Interest Shown in Competition of Northwestern Bank; the Winners The Northwestern Bank received a deluge of essays on saving money tor some definite purpose, during the j contest which recently closed, ami at j the end of which high school stu- j dents of the county were awarded ! prizes for their efforts. The winners in the different schools i follow. (Bethel: First prize, 55.00, Mar- j garet Perry; second prize, 53.00. ' Ailecn Greene. Blowing Rock: First prize, 55.00. . William Klutz; second. $3.00, Shirley Moody. At Blowing Rock honorable mention is made of the essays by the following, iu the order given: Jackie Gregg, James Harris , Fac Ford. Boone: First, prize, ?5.00, Jessie Tinnnons; second. 53.00, Ruth Isaacs. Honorable mention In the order given: Louise Taylor, Pauline Wilcox, Margaret Hardin. Cove Creek: First prize. $5.00, Harold Mast; second, $3.00, Delia Welch. UnnrtMhlo wianllnw tiibHiiVil ill LUC UIUCI given: Mack Miller, Claude Calloway, Glenn Farthing1. Elklaml: First prize, $5.00, J. D. Miller; second, $3.00, Lovely Miller. The five winners in the county will be judged by another group of judges, after which tune the winner of the 310 prize will be announced. LATE NEWS BRIEFS SI00,000,000 RELIEF RUX PASSES SENATE Washington, \prii 11- -The aecatc Ion<gnip a sscu aiid ^e:i i to tho Vegialntiye leaerrs bad disclosed that j President Roosevelt will ask eon- j grass for $1,500,000,000 to finance I WPA during the coming fiscal year. ALIENS CLIPPED FROM RELIEF ROLLS Washington, April 7. - Colonel F. C. Harrington, works progress administrator, reported today 45,500 persons had been dropped from WPA rolls under the new law barring aliens from further employment on projects. He said it was anticipated about 10,000 of those dismissed would become eligible for reinstatement by complying with the requirement persons employed by WPA file affidavits testify big as to their clti- J zcnsliip status. Those who failed to file this statement were dropped March 6. ? SENATOR J. HAM LEWIS DIES SDDENLY Washington, April 0.?Senator values riamiicon Lewis, Democrat, of I Illinois, pink-whiskered veteran of! more than half a century of politics, died tonight of a heart attack. The colorful statesman whose imposing appearance and silver-tongued oratory were familiar to thousands of Americans, sucumbed at Garfield i hospital. Lewis returned from Chicago, where he had taken part in the campaign for re-election of Democratic Mayor Edward J. Kelly, and was immediately carried to the hospital. It was believed he waa suffering from an old respiratory ailment and he was resting well until shortly before his death. * DRAFT EVADER COMING HOME New York, April 10.?After 19 years of exile in Germany, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the World War draft dodger, i3 coming home because he wants to live here and see his children become good Americans. His pretty German wife, Berta, who arrived today with four of their five ] children, said Bergdoll was homesick j and anxious to restore himself to his j former status by serving the fiveyear sentence imposed on him by an army court martial for evading mili tary service. * # ? KELLY RE-ELECTED MAYOR OF CHICAGO Chicago, April 4?Mayor Edward J. Kelly, leader of the city's powerful Democratic organization, won reelection tonight by defeating Dwight H. Green, aggressive young Republi| can who based his campaign on a j promise to "redeem Chicago from machine rule" and a pledge of strict economy. Returns from 3,620 of the 3,648 precincts gave Kelly 808,862 and Green 630,967. OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN AT BLOWING ROCK An operetta, "Goldilock's Adventure." will be presented by the primary grades In the Blowing Rock school auditorium on Thursday evening, April 13, beginning at 7:30. Admission will be 10c and 20c. JGA Weekly Newspaper?Esta ATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH~cj Famous Cherry Bl Washington, D. C.?A night vie pears framed through the Japanese < fuil bloom. Annual Treas Begin Here N The Boone Merchants Association j is today announcing its second annual treasure hunt, which gets under way next- Saturday and which wiil culminate Wednesday, May 17th, with the distribution of an imposing Pst of prizes by the purlieiput iug merchants. The business men who arc taking part in the novel sales event arc furnishing prizes valued at S150,00 or more, and on Saturday <?f this vV<Ksk, these prizes will be displayed in'the windows ot the different shops, together with, complete WinrmiMm corwvrraiKg . ivC /y - * ?-? * -? vidiug them among the. shoppV.rs in the city during the treasure hunt period. Visitors to the city at the end of the week are asked to surRECENT MARRIAGE! ACT NOW IN EFFECT Several Applicants for Marriage Licenses Failed to Meet the Statutory Requirements Miss Helen tjnderdown, Register of Deeds. strifes that the new marriage < laws, which went into effect on Mon- 1 day of last week, are little understood < in the county, as is evidenced by sev- 1 oral couples who recently sought li- < ceases, without having first made < compliance with the statute. In order that there may be no further misun- 1 derstandihg, the text of the new law < is being published herewith: The general assembly of North * Carolina do enact: Section 1. No license to marry j shall be issued by the register of 1 deeds of any county to a male or fe- * male applicant therefor except upon the following conditions: The said 1 applicant shall present to the register of deeds a certificate executed within seven days from the date of .presentation showing that, by the i usual rrsethods of examination madej by a regularly licensed physician, no , evidence of any venereal disease in i ; the infectious or communicable stage I was found. Such certificate shall be I , accompanied by the original report j from a laboratory approved by the i. state board of health for making i, such tests showing that the Wasser-! infirm or any other approved test of i this nature is negative, such tests to have been made within two weeks of the time application for license is ' made. Furthermore, such certificate shall state that, by the usual methods of examination made by a regularly licensed physician, no evidence of tuberculosis in the infectious or communicable state was found. And, furthermore, such certificate shall state that, by the usual methods of examination made by a regularly licensed physician, the applicant was found to be not subject to epileptic attacks, an idiot, an imbecile, a mental defective, or of unsound mind. Sec. 2. Exceptions to the above section are permissible only under conditions hereinafter named: (a). When the medical history and physical examination of cither applicant shows syphilis to be present, or when the laboratory test for syphilis is positive, and provided both applicants are informed that syphiletic infection is present, certificate may be issued and license granted only in the following instances: (1). When the applicant with syphilis has been under continuous weekly treatment with adequate dosage of standard arsenical and bis(Continued on page four) DEM< blished in the Year Eigh MROIxENA, THURSDAY, APRI ossoms in Bloom _ : vv of the cnpitol dome as it apiherry blossoms which are now In Lire Hunt To ext Saturday vey the wonderful array of valuable and useful premiums offered, and t:? find out how much fun is going to l>c afforded in their distribution. This unique promotional event created widespread Interest last year, when it was used tor the first time, and provided both enjoyment and profit to the participants. Final details for the event will he worked out at a meeting of the retailers this (Thursday) evening: at the Junior hall, ami the manager of each otore, together with at "tic t:ii;}?ii>ypc IS i'.?n"u tu "_.-*V W". ^ VSpfftf material ?r?d trade Tickets will l>e distributed at this time and final details announced as to the treasure hunt. FAIR GROUP WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY those to Conduct North Carolina Exhibit at World's Fair to Visit With Boone People A. group of five men and five lalies, together with their director, .vho have been chosen to man North Carolina's exhibit at the New York kVorld'.-; Fair, have started their educational tour of the state, and will irrive in Boone at 3 p. m., Friday, April I t, according to telegraphic information reaching Mayor W. H. Cragg. Mr. Gragg is anxious for a representative group to meet with the visitors at the Daniel Boone Hotel for fifteen minutes, immediately following their arrival, to tell them something of the city and county and to furnish folders and other literature for distribution during the fair. EASTER VACATION ENDS AT LEES-McRAE COLLEGE Banner Elk, April 11?Lees-McRac students returned to their classes at i> O'clock here this morning as the four-day Easter vacation which began Friday, ended. Only a small number of students and faculty members remained in the dormitories for the holidays, the majority having visited their homes 01 the homes of friends. SLll.Hl-U(-iiflMJ SHOW HERE SATURDAY NIG in There will be a siight-of-hand performance by an out-of-town magi cian at the demonstration school auditorium Saturday evening at 7:3C o'clock. This will be sponsored bj the Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of the Boone Methodist church. Ad mission 10 and 20 cents. REVIVAL MEETING Rev. J. C. Cornett, presiding elde: of the Marion district, will preach al the Boone Mjethodist church m s meeting beginning Sunday night April 23rd, at 7:30. Rev. Mr. Cor nett is one of Methodism's leadinf preachers and the local church feel: fortunate to have him for the meet ing. Everyone is cordially invitee to attend the services. BAND CONCERT The Boone High School Band, undci the direction of Mr. Gordon Nash will appear in concert at the higl school auditorium Wednesday even ing at S o'clock. There is no admis sion charge and the general public i invited. )CRA teen j^ghty-Eight ill ~ L 13 fL 39 ! ?pntf ord Mar chamber Cor ourley War FOUR PRISONERS : FLEE CO B ASTILE Sheriff's Officers Return Two Escapees lo Jail; Prisoners Manage to Unlock Doors Four prisoners in the Watauga county jail pained their liberty Monday night, the sheriff's family not knowing of their escape until breakfast time Tuesday morning. It is not known how the prisoners managed to unlock the eel! doors, as all the keys to the jail were in the hands | of the sheriff. The four men who made their getaway were Deli Richardson, being held on larceny charges and for dry law violations: lianey Woods and Wiley Greene, who arc said to have burglarized the store of Hayes Wellhorn near the WVikes county line a few days ago, and Sain Clarke, taken here a few weeks ago as he attempted the larceny of Roy Keplar automobile. Clark was also found to bo an escapee from the stale prison at Raleigh, and his fingerprints also revealed him to ho a fugitive from the state parole board of Iowa. Sheriff's officers captured two of the prisoners. Woods and Greene, in the woods near Brownwood about neon Tuesday So far Richardson and Clark have not been apprehended. i Nt'W Oil Station The Farmers Hardware & Supply Company, owners of the main street property, which formerly was occupied by the W. L. Bryan home, have begun the erection cf a service station thereon, which is under longterm lease to the Sinclair Oil Company. The building is being constructed o* stone, will be finished in white stucco, and besides being moderuly equipped for dispensing gasoline and oil, will have facilities for washing, greasing and polishing automobiles. The structure will represent the last word in filling station architecture, and will cost around five thousand dollars. BLISTER RUST CAMPAIGN IS BEING CONDUCTED Mr. Robert W. Scott of Bolton, is I the supervisor for a county-wide blisi ter rust campaign which is now be ing waged in this area, with Mr. i Henry Mast the foreman of the proj| ect, on which thirty men are now cm. ployed. Thd <"*n mnn 1 mi EV?V?*-? t a r**/ 97 I ? 1?ft" ? -?r j I and is expected to be finished by July 1. An intensive effort is being made to rid the county of gooseberry and currant bushes, on which the blister rust originates and from which spreads to the white pine forests. Re? ports are that in some areas of the ; country, the white pine has become ; extinct same as the chestnut tree, and the local campaign is aimed at the prevention of such a condition in ; this county. Messrs. Scott and Mast state that . the people of the county are co-ope rating splendidly in the work, and they state that every effort is being made to take care of the property of farmers, fences are not damaged, and nothing molested except the diseasebearing shrubs. BROTHER OF BOONE LADY DIES IN ILLINOIS ) i iivwo icauiw ijuvuic ot cue ucaui | of Herbert W. Ellio't, aged 58, a brother of Mrs. David Allison oi | Bocne. which occurred in Springfield. 111., following an illness ol two months. Following funeral services from the late residence the bodj was interred in Glen Haven Memo' rial Park. 1 Mr. Elliott, who was the proprietoi of the Mecca Cafe for 23 years, wa: " a prominent sportsman of his citv He was affiliated with various sport; ; organizations, a member of the Or " der of Eagles and of the Elks. H< 5 was a member of the Bloomingburf Methodist church. SELLS MANY AUTOS Mr. W. Ralph Winkler, local auto l mobile dealer, has received a tele - grain from the zone manager of th( - BuicI- Motor Co., Atlanta, Ga., con 5 gratulating him upon his high sale; record for the month of March. T ~ ~ "$1.50 A YEAR tin Addresses amerce; Plan ehouse Here Winston-Salem Editor in Inspiring Deliverance; Chances of Establishment Burley Warehouse ;n Boone Grow Brighter; Golf Course Proposal is Discussed and Treasure Hunt Announced at Banquet Santford Martin, editor of the j Winston-Salem Journal, was guest | speaker at a joint meeting of the Boone Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants Association held in the high schoo 1 building Tuesday evening. About 75 business and professional men attended the banquet meeting. Herman W. Wilcjx presided as chairman of the commerce body and iirocanl rwl \f:ivnf W' H flroffc TLTbr? i v.. ... . ... ^, * introduced the speaker of the evening as "one of the best friends Wfeituuga and the entire northwestern section of Carolina has ever had." Mr. Gragg spoke of the fight in which Mr. Martin has been actively engaged for Appalachian College, for the completion of the splendid highway system in the Ixkst Province region and for the promotion of the ! general welfare of the northwest. Xtef erring to Appalachian College as the pacemaker in the procession of progress in this locality, Mr. Martin referred to the instition as being ' the pride of North Carolina," and raid this institution and other development.! in tlie northwest had come through unity of the people, and their {living together in friendship and co _.... ' "Tlie reopte of North Carolina need ! i o?v . .. ..- -confidence," said the editor, referring to the fact that the Pilgrim lathers did not ask security or guaranteed profits?they wanted freedom. The Confederate veterans, he said, returning at the ciosc of the Civil War, started the building of the southern I empire with only their innate cour- v age and confidence to support them, while Daniel Boone did not require any sort of protection as he braved the perils of the wilderness. Likewise, he averred, courage and confidence oh the nart of the neoule will overcome the present-day obstacles in the path of progress. "The United States is the most stable government on earth," said the speaker, "and democracies will not perish. In the nineteenth century, the fight was between democracy and the divine right of kings. Today the struggle is between democracy and the totalitarian state. Democracies will again survive, and we shall live to sec the end of dlctatcvs." . Declaring that the citizens of the south should be the most confident, Mr. Martin referred to the region as the nation's economic opportunity Xo. 1. Because of the high quality of leadership North Carolina has lead the group of southern states for the past 25 years, he said, as ho lauded the past legislature for not having curtailed the activities of any of the state's important departments or services. 4'North Carolina," said the speaker, "ranks 42nd among the states In. per capita wealth and per capita income. This condition must be changed." The solution to this probIlem, in the opinion of the speaker, lies in the development of the tour. ist business, which la the nation's second largest source of revenue. In 1937, he said North Carolina first began to advertise herself, and there [| were 35,000 replies from every state J in the union and several foreign j countries. The tourist business now reaches $60,000,000 in the 9tate as compared with half that amount in 1926, and with continued effort the industry will soon be worth. $100,000,000, he said. 1 Mr. Martin spoke of the Chamber : oi commerce as one of the great i forces ir. the attraction of visitors to | the state and referred to its three ' j new talking points. The Great . Smoky Mountain Park, which before " j its opening, is second only to one ? ' park in the number of visitors; the scenic parkway, over which 1,000,000 people are expected to travel the fir3t 5 year after it is opened, and the great Seashore Park in the region of Cape 5 Hatteras. "The frontier of the United States ! is no longer west of the Mississippi, f it is on the borderlands of the south," said the speaker, "and the pioneers who are traveling in autos rather than in covered wagons are coming. Tt is up to 'the best balanced state in - the union' to attract as many of - these travelers as possible." 1 Business Session Following tho address of Mr. Mari tin, the Chamber of Commerce went (Continued on page eight)
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